Quantification of insect nitrogen utilization by the venus fly trap Dionaea muscipula catching prey with highly variable isotope signatures

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 52, Issue 358, 2001, Pages 1041-1049

  Schulze, W ^a   Schulze, E D ^b   Schulze, I ^b   Oren, R ^c  

^a Zentrum für Molekularbiologie der Pflanzen   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth; Insect capture; Isotope signature; Nitrogen; Venus fly trap

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN FIXATION; SOILS; VEGETATION;

CARNIVOROUS PLANTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ANIMALIA; DIONAEA; DIONAEA MUSCIPULA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; POACEAE;

EID: 0034932583     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jexbot/52.358.1041     Document Type: Article

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